Frank Russell Parker (July 1, 1939 – September 16, 2018) was an American television actor.
Career Parker was best known as Shawn Brady, husband to Caroline (Peggy McCay) on Days of Our Lives. He portrayed the character semi-regularly from 1983 to 2008, when he started having health issues and made the decision to leave. In order to write Parker's character out of the show, Days of Our Lives writers had Shawn die in February 2008 after giving up his oxygen mask to save his son, Bo (Peter Reckell), on a sabotaged airplane that was going down. Parker subsequently retired from acting the following month. He also had some small roles in Never Too Young, The Young and the Restless and General Hospital.
Other acting credits include multiple episodes of Lost in Space, Hogan's Heroes, Battlestar Galactica, CHiPs, and Quincy, M.E.
Personal life He had three daughters: Candace and twins Lindsay and Danielle. His daughter Candace died in a car accident in 1998. He resided in Vacaville, California. On September 16, 2018, Parker died in Vacaville, California, from complications of Parkinson's Disease and dementia.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1966 The Glass Bottom Boat Engineer Uncredited1968 Stay Away, Joe Deputy Sheriff Hank Matson 1969 The Trouble with Girls Iceman 1972Second Chance Hardin ABC Movie of the Week1973 This Is a Hijack Wyatt 1973 The Naked Ape College Professor 1973 Pets Dan Daubrey 1974 Little House on the Prairie Sean Hearn “If I Should Wake Before I Die” Season 1, Episode 6 (Credited as Brett Parker)1976 Midway Deke Uncredited1979 The Concorde ... Airport '79 Technician #2 1983-2008 Days of Our Lives Shawn Brady 898 episodes, Contract role, (final appearance)
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